India Hub

Welcome to Coventry University Group’s India Hub in Delhi. Launched in March 2024, the Hub is a driving force for collaboration with the Indian government, academia, and industry to tackle global challenges, such as climate change, economic development and health issues.

The India Hub offers unique academic opportunities for students and helps the Group to build and strengthen its partnerships in enterprise and innovation. Through the Hub, we also develop relationships with stakeholders across business and government which enable us to launch new research projects and deliver impact on a local, national and international scale.

Our services

Academic Partnerships

With a wealth of experience in teaching and learning, student mobility, research and enterprise development, Coventry University Group operates globally, having already built several successful multi-disciplinary partnerships. We are seeking to work with other academic institutions who are pioneering, enterprising and entrepreneurial, who share our ambitious international agenda and the same desire to deliver excellence in education.

Education and Student Experience

Enterprise and Innovation

Coventry University Group is an innovative group that aims to help industry continue to develop and deliver meaningful change for communities through continuous professional development (CPD) courses, commercial research, IP commercialisation and knowledge exchange activities. This involves transferring research results and skills to businesses, enabling new products, services, and processes to be developed.

Research

Our research focuses on a range of real-world issues including sustainability, disease prevention and cutting-edge engineering. Our new strategy will build on these successes, strengthen our position as an innovative university and will enable us to apply fresh and original approaches to key research challenges. We look to establish joint PhDs and research collaborations by linking Coventry University’s academics with academics from India.

Our team

Our team in the India Hub provides a broad range of skills and capabilities, enabling us to deepen partnerships and build new relationships in India, while providing local knowledge, contacts and expertise to other areas of the Group.

In the India Hub, our policy analysts and business development specialists focusing on both research and enterprise and innovation opportunities are joined by the existing Coventry University Recruitment and Admissions (CURA) team based in Delhi, who focus on facilitating the recruitment of students from India.

Meet Yashodhara Dasgupta

Regional Managing Director of the India Hub

Yashodhara Dasgupta brings extensive experience in public policy with specialisation in international trade and investment. In particular, she has spent a decade specifically in the UK-India trade corridor helping British industry succeed by advancing market access and building impactful relationships with key stakeholders.

Prior to joining Coventry University, Yashodhara led the UK-India Business Council’s India advocacy department overseeing the engagement strategy and delivery for UK business and university members. She has also worked at the British High Commission in New Delhi for DBT and FCDO delivering strategic advice, ODA programming and stakeholder collaboration on the bilateral trade policy agenda including the UK-India Free Trade Agreement.

Throughout her career, Yashodhara has worked at the intersection of politico-economic, bilateral relations and regulatory-related impact on business, engaging closely with businesses from the UK, India and other markets like the US and South Korea. She has a Master’s degree in Economics and is passionate about promoting diversity and equity in the workplace.